Australia - Sydney In Color [antikvár]

SYDNEYIn January 1788, the First Fleet, commanded by Captain Phillip, sailed into Port Jackson and founded Australia's first settlement. From this humble beginning, Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, has grown to become Australia's largest city. It is a city blessed with a unique natural advantage, a magnificent harbour, which spreads into dozens of craggy coves, bays and inlets and which is dominated by the grey steel span of the Harbour Bridge and the soaring white sails of the Opera House. These two architectural masterpieces frame the dramatic Sydney skyline of towering skyscrapers, which look down on reminders of Sydney's historie past, the Rocks area and Paddington's cnarming terrace houses, or on the tranquil parks and gardens that surround the city.Bustling, brash and sometimes bawdy, Sydney is endlessly fascinating in its variety. lts world-class restaurants, nightclubs, Opera House, theatres, cinemas, art galleries and sporting clubs make Sydney a cosmopolitan and sophisticated city.Fanning out from the city, the red-tile roofs climb over the hills and spread north and south, beside Sydney's famous beaches, where surf and sun abound, and westward towards the Great Dividing Range.Did you know?A quarter of Australia's population lives in SydneyA one-armed bandit is a poker machineSydney was never officially named; Captain Cook called it Sydney Cove, but originally he intended to call it AlbionSydneysiders claim to be 'three hours' ahead of Melbourne our harbour, our bridge and our Opera HouseSydney Harbour is one of the few waterways of the world where sail must give way to steam